Unexpected dinner - 30 March

[FRED driver]

Since the striper fishing has been so poor recently, my dad went fishing with a family friend and managed to drag a few atlantic sturgeon out of the deeper channels in the upper bay...turns out they make for some pretty tasty filets as well! Droppin' live eels with 16 oz of weight seemed to work.

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[Mark]

Please see link below:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries...icsturgeon.asp

[Hemingway]

Sturgeon?? Tasty?? Dude, I hope for your sake this an April Fools joke.

[Mark]

I hope so too.

If so, they got me!

[Hemingway]

Actually, even the catch part is prohibited the way your link reads…so we will have to see how that photo is explained.

I hope so too.

If so, they got me!

[Hemingway]

Actually, even the catch part is prohibited the way your link reads…so we will have to see how that photo is explained.

I hope so too.

If so, they got me!

[reel-em-in]

Actually, even the catch part is prohibited the way your link reads…so we will have to see how that photo is explained.

Yeah I assumed it was an April Fools joke when I read it. It is illegal to target them but they can't really do anything if it's an accidental hook up (at least in my mind they can't). To me it's like catching a rockfish at the mouth of deer creek on a shad dart during the closed period on the Susquehanna, it happens.

[DOGFISH]

Come on, must be a joke. Right out of the fishing rules booklet: "The taking of American Shad, Hickory Shad, Alewife Herring, Blueback Herring, Atlantic Sturgeon and Shortnose Sturgeon is prohibited."

[Pinch]

LOL, Everyone is so serious...

[Turtle135]

I don't know, Atlantic Sturgeon taste pretty good! If I did not already have a freezer full of Bald Eagle wings I would probably bait up with some Hickory Shad on a fish finder rig and get after them!

[FRED driver]

LOL, Everyone is so serious...

[kevinfry]

Sooooo disappointed when someone beats me to the April fools joke on the forum......

[Jaspratt]

Lol yeah i got frowned upon with jokes in the past.. All u can do is laugh at the reaction u get.

[kayak456]

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Here's a real sturgeon for ya...

[FRED driver]

I don't know, Atlantic Sturgeon taste pretty good! If I did not already have a freezer full of Bald Eagle wings I would probably bait up with some Hickory Shad on a fish finder rig and get after them!

What an excellent reply...haha Bald Eagle wings, perfect.